Beyond Band of Brothers

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

By: Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed

Narrated by: Tom Weiner

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

“Tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries…laced with Winters’s soldierly exaltations of pride in his comrades’ bravery.”—Publishers Weekly

In war, great commanders lead soldiers into hell to do the impossible.

They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered huge casualties while liberating Europe in an unparalleled record of bravery under fire. Dick Winters led them through the Battle of the Bulge, the attack on Foy—where Easy Company reached its breaking point—and finally into Germany, by which time each member had been wounded. Outside Munich, they liberated an SS death camp and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s alpine retreat.

Beyond Band of Brothers is Winters’s memoir, based on his wartime diary, but it also includes his comrades’ untold stories. Only Winters was present from the activation of Easy Company until the war’s end. This is their story, told in his words for the first time.

©2006 Major Dick Winters and Brecourt Leadership Experience, Inc. (P)2006 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Winters tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose, whose Band of Brothers was the inspiration for the HBO miniseries." (Publishers Weekly)

Phenomenal follow up to band of brothers

A great memoir- major Winters brings another touching and moving story of camaraderie in conflict

Not quite as broad in scope as BoB but all the more fascinating for that reason- I heavily recommend

A must Read/ Listen

This was a real gem I found on audible. The narration was very well performed and the stories within were incredibly real. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and there were many leadership lessons to be found.

Great book

Highly recommendable for anyone looking for an extremely riveting story of courage and strength of a unit who came together during dire times.

Excellent - just get it - you won’t regret it

The entire story about the lives of Easy Company & The Band of Brothers is so uniquely riveting, I just couldn’t get enough of it. After watching the mini series I got the audio book for even more details. This book takes it even further. I hope & pray that our freedoms that were bought & paid for by men like these & those that came before & after will never be taken for granted. I truly enjoyed the book.

Well done

I enjoyed this book every bit as much as the band of Brothers miniseries. Well done.

Must read for all leaders.

Well written. Easy to read. Learn of the sacrifices of the WW2 generation. We owe them our lives.

Excellent!

One of the better reads I have had. Nice pace and just enough detail to keep it interesting.

A decent listen

Although this title does offer more insight into Maj. Winters personal experiences it also repeats a lot of what was in Band of Brothers.
The beginning states that one of the purposes of the book was to get more of the stories from the members of E Company, that Ambrose left out of his book for whatever reason, into print so that they would be told, well there are some very short quips and quotes but I don't remember any real stories other than what Mr. Winters relates about his own experiences.
Don't however get me wrong about the content it is informative and I think anyone interested in the history of WW2 and Easy Company will enjoy the book but I would have really liked to hear stories by other members related through Winters like Lipton, Compton, Rendleman, or any number of other members who I am sure have told stories to Winters and others but we have not heard them, maybe not but I am sure there are some.
Finally the end of the book and I don't want to spoil it for anyone but it really saddens me to learn of the passing of so many of these men in the past few years and I hope that thier families and friends were able to get to know what these men went through and to understand just what they did for us and everyone who lives in freedom today. Unfortunatly for me my father who served in WW2 passed away before I was old enough to ask about what he went through and all of his information was lost in the fire at the St. Louis archives back in the seventies. So if you have a relative who served talk to them listen to them and learn.

Outstanding

A truly in depth look into combat in WWII. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to be a real leader.

A hero's tale

This book fills in the details (sometimes too determinedly) of the Easy Company story. The author is scrupulous but to be honest, has a pedestrian style that leaves no cliche unturned. A must for those who, like me, had parents (or grandparents) on the front lines in that noble cause.